The Big Head strikes back!

And then, a few hours later, Olbermann went on the air and hit a home run ball — deep into lefty field, over the Green Monster and into the luxurious mane atop Governor Rick’s head — just to spite me.

Supporting the Tinth AmendmentGov. Perry, desperate to keep his job, has gone “tin foil” in the last month or so. In doing so, he’s making Texas the laughing stock of the nation again. (Disclaimer: I know Rick Perry and like him personally)

First, he hopped on to the coattails of a state’s rights fish fry. This was a largely ceremonial and meaningless gesture. The purpose, I think, was to endear him to the 5 percent of the electorate who would hack off their own left arm because it wasn’t a right arm.

Then, he appeared at one of those sad Tea Party events on April 15 and, in response to a question, implied Texas could consider secession if the feds continue to run the government in a manner that Texas doesn’t like. Again, it was a big hit with those who attended Tea Party events and their ilk.

Since then, Perry has backed off the secession comments…and then almost immediately hopped back on them, much to the on-and-off delight of the lunatic fringe.

Olbermann returns to sportsI lined up against the secessionist nimrods when this started. Playing smash-mouth football by pointing out how secession was illegal and financially impossible, I got the ball down the one-yard line.

Olbermann carried it over for the touchdown Friday night…

Olbermann has been great for most of his career, but he lost sight of his mojo after a mid-summer Special Comment in 2006 about how the Bush Administration had demonized critics of the war as being unpatriotic. It was a great rant, and he got mad props for it, but the net effect as bad. It inflated his already-ginormous dome and he’s been shrill and divisive ever since.